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cal-osha delivered the okay after an extensive study of chevron's repairs and safety systems. a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distill layings unit at the refinery. the company has been running the refinery at a reduced capacity. the end of june appears to be the restart date. >>> a major earthquake shook new guinea about 8:45 our time, a little more than two hours ago. it measured 7.1 in magnitude. the epicenter was in a remote region. there are no reports of injuries or damage, and there are no tsunami warnings esh youd. >>> the government of north korea is advising foreign officials to evacuate their embassy staff saying their safety could be at risk. the british embassy in pea --
cal-osha delivered the okay after an extensive study of chevron's repairs and safety systems. a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distill layings unit at the refinery. the company has been running the refinery at a reduced capacity. the end of june appears to be the restart date. >>> a major earthquake shook new guinea about 8:45 our time, a little more than two hours ago. it measured 7.1 in magnitude. the epicenter was in a remote region. there are no reports of injuries or...
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cal-osha delivered the okay after an extensive study of chevron's repairs and safety systems. a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distill layings unit at the refinery. the company has been running the refinery at a reduced capacity. the end of june appears to be the restart date. >>> a major earthquake shook new guinea about 8:45 our time, a little more than two hours ago. it measured 7.1 in magnitude. the epicenter was in a remote region. there are no reports of injuries or damage, and there are no tsunami warnings esh youd. >>> the government of north korea is advising foreign officials to evacuate their embassy staff saying their safety could be at risk. the british embassy in pea --
cal-osha delivered the okay after an extensive study of chevron's repairs and safety systems. a massive fire destroyed an essential crude distill layings unit at the refinery. the company has been running the refinery at a reduced capacity. the end of june appears to be the restart date. >>> a major earthquake shook new guinea about 8:45 our time, a little more than two hours ago. it measured 7.1 in magnitude. the epicenter was in a remote region. there are no reports of injuries or...
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that is what osha's told. >> that's where senator harkin god or whoever wrote it in the united states. normally we think of full-time work week at the 40 hour work week. i was wondering about the rationale for that because don't you think with a 30, the rule that says that if you work 30 hours, you could be considered a part-time worker is in some cases becoming a disincentive for full-time employment if some companies look at the health care law and say one way we can avoid it is a more part-time workers, and so we've workers across the country who are going from full-time at 40 hours to part-time and 30 hours. so they're not only no insurance but no full-time job. >> well, i am hoping that that will not be a decision employers may. iink that when the law was written there wit was great care taken to try and capture what is a snapshot of the small employer marketplace. any employer with less than 50 full-time equivalent employees is totally exempt from any aspect of the law, except for the fact that he or she may have the opportunity for the first time ever to buy affordable coverage
that is what osha's told. >> that's where senator harkin god or whoever wrote it in the united states. normally we think of full-time work week at the 40 hour work week. i was wondering about the rationale for that because don't you think with a 30, the rule that says that if you work 30 hours, you could be considered a part-time worker is in some cases becoming a disincentive for full-time employment if some companies look at the health care law and say one way we can avoid it is a more...
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quite frankly the way osha works is osha is not going to show up to a workplace unless they get a complaint from a worker. a worker who is scared of losing his job sun likely to do that. in some states workplace deaths have gone down. in nonunion states like texas they've remained stubbornly high. >> mike elk from "in these times" magazine. thanks so much for joining the program. >>> coming up, congress learns a lesson on using spellcheck. oh, boy. [ groans ] ♪ ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ ♪ the middle of this special moment and i need to run off to the bathroom. ♪ i'm fed up with always having to put my bladder's needs ahead of my daughter. ♪ so today, i'm finally talking to my doctor about overactive bladder symptoms. [ female announcer ] know that gotta go feeling? ask your doctor about prescription toviaz. one toviaz pill a day significantly reduces sudden urges and accidents, for 24 hours. if you have certain stomach problems or glaucoma, or can not empty your bladder, you should not take toviaz. get emergency medical help right away if your face, lips, throat or tongue swells. tovi
quite frankly the way osha works is osha is not going to show up to a workplace unless they get a complaint from a worker. a worker who is scared of losing his job sun likely to do that. in some states workplace deaths have gone down. in nonunion states like texas they've remained stubbornly high. >> mike elk from "in these times" magazine. thanks so much for joining the program. >>> coming up, congress learns a lesson on using spellcheck. oh, boy. [ groans ] ♪ ♪ [...
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the last time the plant was expected by osha was 1985 to give you an idea of how week the regulation is here. >> it's more startling when you stop to think there are probably other plants like that in this country. >> there was a fire today at a chevron chemical plant. workplace accidents happen a lot. 4600 employees tie die on the job. 13 americans a day go to work and they just don't come home. >> president obama he was there some week and i made some remarks. you wrote in your column that the president made no mention of worker safety in his notes. they remain pesz misic that anything will get done. >> what is the potential -- >> there's not been a lot of media attention. specifically what media attention there has been hasn't been focused on the problems. there was a study put out by media matters showed over a three-day period there were 68 stories about the west, texas explosion, only three mentioned that there was illegal amounts of aknown yum nitrate. the coverage is not good. there's a handle of us working on it when it should be us auz journalists are taking zblon a ammoniu
the last time the plant was expected by osha was 1985 to give you an idea of how week the regulation is here. >> it's more startling when you stop to think there are probably other plants like that in this country. >> there was a fire today at a chevron chemical plant. workplace accidents happen a lot. 4600 employees tie die on the job. 13 americans a day go to work and they just don't come home. >> president obama he was there some week and i made some remarks. you wrote in...
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some environmentalists say more work needs to be done. >> even cal osha said there's maybe 2000 places where corrosion was just patched, kind of like a clamp or like patching a bicycle tire. except this is a lot more dangerous. >> chevron is currently feeding oil into the fire-damaged crude unit. the cfo says is refinery is expected to be at full operation this summer. >>> a fund-raiser will be held tonight for the san jose family whose daughter died in a fire more than a week ago. seven-year-old mariah gomez died when the room she and her sister were sleeping in went up in flames on april 15th. her sister did survive, but family members were overcome by smoke and heat and couldn't get to mariah in time. friends of the family are holding a spaghetti dinner tonight to raise money. it's being held at st. john bioni catholic church on highland an in san jose. the dinner will run from 6 until 9 p.m. $10 will get you 135 gate, salad -- spaghetti, salad, bread and a drink and various prizes will be ralphed off. >>> san jose police are cracking down on after school racing after a car crashed
some environmentalists say more work needs to be done. >> even cal osha said there's maybe 2000 places where corrosion was just patched, kind of like a clamp or like patching a bicycle tire. except this is a lot more dangerous. >> chevron is currently feeding oil into the fire-damaged crude unit. the cfo says is refinery is expected to be at full operation this summer. >>> a fund-raiser will be held tonight for the san jose family whose daughter died in a fire more than a...
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hopefully osha check the workplaces and not lie tohe wor fine when it's not. >> i love this. bob is going to stay around for more. up next, my letter of the week is addressed to all of those who could not bother to show up. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local scottrade office is there to help. because they know i don't trade like everybody. i trade like me. i'm with scottrade. (announcer) scottrade. voted "best investment services company." how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor. we discussed all the symptoms... then he gave me some blood tests. showed it was low t. that's it. it was a number -- not just me. [ male announcer ] today, men with low t have androgel 1.62% (testosterone
hopefully osha check the workplaces and not lie tohe wor fine when it's not. >> i love this. bob is going to stay around for more. up next, my letter of the week is addressed to all of those who could not bother to show up. (announcer) scottrade knows our clients trade and invest their own way. with scottrade's smart text, i can quickly understand my charts, and spend more time trading. their quick trade bar lets my account follow me online so i can react in real-time. plus, my local...
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. >> even cal osha says there are 2,000 places where corrosion is clamped, like patching a bicycle tire except this is a lot more dangerous. >> reporter: the chemical safety board has recommended that chevron repair other pipes that show corrosion but there are no strong laws that the company do so. i did receive an e-mail late this evening from a chevron spokesperson with new information and i want to share this with you. it says there are six new steps that the company is taking, including inspecting the entire refinery and replacing pipes as necessary, and implementing a new protocol for evaluating leaks. we have the entire list for you on our website, ktvu.com. . >>> a few dozen people stood underneath a bridge protesting the death of bert. protesters claimed that the nets caltrans put under the bridge killed swallows. the nets were put up to prevent the swallows from nesting during the highway 101 widening project. advocates say caltrans should be using teflon sheeting not nets to keep the birds away. >> the department of transportation has two published studies of alternative mate
. >> even cal osha says there are 2,000 places where corrosion is clamped, like patching a bicycle tire except this is a lot more dangerous. >> reporter: the chemical safety board has recommended that chevron repair other pipes that show corrosion but there are no strong laws that the company do so. i did receive an e-mail late this evening from a chevron spokesperson with new information and i want to share this with you. it says there are six new steps that the company is taking,...
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. >> even cal osha says there are 2,000 places where corrosion is clamped, like patching a bicycle tire except this is a lot more dangerous. >> reporter: the chemical safety board has recommended that chevron repair other pipes that show corrosion but there are no strong laws that the company do so. i did receive an e-mail late this evening from a chevron spokesperson with new information and i want to share this with you. it says there are six new steps that the company is taking, including inspecting the entire refinery and replacing pipes as necessary, and implementing a new protocol for evaluating leaks. we have the entire list for you on our website, ktvu.com. . >>> a few dozen people stood underneath a brie protesting the death of bert. protesters claimed that the nets caltrans put under the bridge killed swallows. the nets were put up to prevent the swallows from nesting during the highway 101 widening project. advocates say caltrans should be using teflon sheeting not nets to keep the birds away. >> the department of transportation has two published studies of alternative materi
. >> even cal osha says there are 2,000 places where corrosion is clamped, like patching a bicycle tire except this is a lot more dangerous. >> reporter: the chemical safety board has recommended that chevron repair other pipes that show corrosion but there are no strong laws that the company do so. i did receive an e-mail late this evening from a chevron spokesperson with new information and i want to share this with you. it says there are six new steps that the company is taking,...
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they keep talking about no epa or osha. i'm sure those people in bangladesh wish they had regulation. it's terrible how they are messing with the american worker, the middle class folk. i know the boston thing is important, but i wish we would push on that a little bit harder. >> stephanie: you are right. there has been so much news and they had how many times -- 1,350 pounds more than the amount they should have been allowed to have. and how many yards from a school and nursing home were they -- and that's right. because it's state by state and texas has very little regulation like that. >> caller: and i'm sure [ inaudible ] i'm sure they were dumping stuff in the water way before then. and it's ridiculous they don't want to pay wages -- you saw rick perry in chicago trying to bring another company down that's because he wants low wages -- and that is just sad. he could have been our president, and that is scary. >> stephanie: that would have been a big oops there. annette in georgia. >> caller: hi yes rick perry would hav
they keep talking about no epa or osha. i'm sure those people in bangladesh wish they had regulation. it's terrible how they are messing with the american worker, the middle class folk. i know the boston thing is important, but i wish we would push on that a little bit harder. >> stephanie: you are right. there has been so much news and they had how many times -- 1,350 pounds more than the amount they should have been allowed to have. and how many yards from a school and nursing home were...
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plants that have ten or fewer employees and exempt from oversight by occupational and safety, health, osha. when you think about the fact that, there was so much equipment and so much fertilizer there. >> yes. you don't need to be an expert to say that big plant probably seems like seven people is just, a real, real skeleton crew. >> just not enough. took 14 people, 14 people died. 12 of them first responders. took hundreds of people to fight this fire. you would think they would have a bigger crew working on this. >> you would think. my heart goes out to those people. they need a lot of things appliances, money, food, chain saws, practical things. devastation there. >>> earlier president and mrs. obama joined the four living ex-presidents and their wives for the opening of the george w. bush presidential library and museum in dallas. as abc's jonathan karl reports the ceremony was a rare display of bipartisan kinship and good will. >> reporter: a lot of history on one stage. five first ladies and five presidents. ♪ a tribute to the younger president bush, but also to his ailing 88-year-
plants that have ten or fewer employees and exempt from oversight by occupational and safety, health, osha. when you think about the fact that, there was so much equipment and so much fertilizer there. >> yes. you don't need to be an expert to say that big plant probably seems like seven people is just, a real, real skeleton crew. >> just not enough. took 14 people, 14 people died. 12 of them first responders. took hundreds of people to fight this fire. you would think they would...
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the man he appointed to head osha literally fell asleep on the job multiple times while he headed osha. the notion of regulation became a very bad thing under bush. and unfortunately, the story of what happened in west, texas is a story of what's happening to the american worker. who is now forced -- it's not just indignities, these are substandard wages they are making, these are highly hazardous conditions in many areas. i mean, and it's not just bp. this is the -- the workers in bangladesh who died in a fire making clothes for walmart. this is happening around the world. and it has to do with the way we treat the american worker and what we have done to unwind the safety mechanisms that are supposed to protect the american worker. >> so after this explosion, after these fatalities in this workplace, the governor of texas goes to chicago to lure business to texas. let's listen to what he says. >> all businesses have to look at their bottom line. taxes, regulation, legal system, work force. that's what government does. government can either be a hurdle or government can kind of smooth
the man he appointed to head osha literally fell asleep on the job multiple times while he headed osha. the notion of regulation became a very bad thing under bush. and unfortunately, the story of what happened in west, texas is a story of what's happening to the american worker. who is now forced -- it's not just indignities, these are substandard wages they are making, these are highly hazardous conditions in many areas. i mean, and it's not just bp. this is the -- the workers in bangladesh...
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the state had plenty of opportunities report this to osha so this was only one did rick perry's fault as well as a brock obama's failure it's the d h s apparently because there was a charge with regularity to see only unlike just where the ones were so if you want they fail you want a more competent government know what i would like to do on a more competent regulatory i was are for the people who are responsible to be held in negligence for failing to hold up to the standards that any insurance company would hold right now because it's healthy but i love where was the insurance company while the insure i didn't they inspect because they know the government's going to do a time when you know that the nanny state is going to take care of you i don't think so you have to do it yes if it goes that way and if the insurance companies that insurance company believe that if the insurance then you know the c.e.o. then why did the genius of the waco zoning board desired to allow schools and nursing homes to right next to a chemical plant in the genius of central aiming that's a really good que
the state had plenty of opportunities report this to osha so this was only one did rick perry's fault as well as a brock obama's failure it's the d h s apparently because there was a charge with regularity to see only unlike just where the ones were so if you want they fail you want a more competent government know what i would like to do on a more competent regulatory i was are for the people who are responsible to be held in negligence for failing to hold up to the standards that any...
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the state had plenty of opportunities report this to osha so this was no one did rick perry fall as well as a breath of barack obama's followers if the da just apparently because there was a charge with regular case here and i try so just one of the ones were they fail you want a more competent government know what i would like. competent regulatory i want are the people who are responsible to be held in negligence for failing to hold up to the standards that any insurance company would hold right now because it's something i love. the insurance company well the incident they inspect as well because they know that the government's going to do a time when you know that the nanny state is going to take care of you i don't know how to do it yes if you have faith and if the insurance companies that insurance company believe that if the insurance can then you know they did the genius of the waco zoning board designed to allow schools and nursing homes right next to a chemical plant in the genius of central maine that's a really good question and it's and it's a great example of why citie
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the last time osha inspected the plant what 28 years ago. it's very unclear even if the local volunteer fire department had plan to deal with an accident, and turns out nobody addressed one of the biggest concerns in the tragedy, why homes, schools, and nursing homes, were built so close to the plant. that was not supposed to happen. the cause of the fire still being investigated. listen. >> we were able to map out the crater site itself. the width was 93 feet. the depth was ten feet. so wore working to determine cause and ore gyp of the fire, and the fire scene itself. >> they claimed it to an the archaeological dig. >> megyn: breaking news out of washington. the administration saying there's evidence chemical weapons have been used in sirra, something president obama said would be a game-changer. we're getting word lawmakers will be briefed to. breaking developments ahead. okay, team! after age 40, we can start losing muscle -- 8% every 10 years. wow. wow. but you can help fight muscle loss with exercise and ensure muscle health. i've got
the last time osha inspected the plant what 28 years ago. it's very unclear even if the local volunteer fire department had plan to deal with an accident, and turns out nobody addressed one of the biggest concerns in the tragedy, why homes, schools, and nursing homes, were built so close to the plant. that was not supposed to happen. the cause of the fire still being investigated. listen. >> we were able to map out the crater site itself. the width was 93 feet. the depth was ten feet. so...
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>> you have the environmental quality of texas, the epa which is also looking into it, osha of course hadn't been there in over 20 years as we've reported on this program. you also have the texas state chemist who is the most recent inspector and those records are held at texas a&m. the dallas morning news is trying to get the records and texas a&m is fighting them saying it is a national security threat because of the fertilizer stored there. i do wonder if rick perry, if there are going to be political repercussions there. are we going to see -- is the processing of something like this in texas such that people are going to chalk it up or politicians chalk it up to a horrible accident that happened or are we going to see things play out in the way the political system deals with that? >> i think we'll see, depending not just on what happened but what is going to happen next. one thing in the past year or so has been growth in the fertilizer industry because of cheap natural gas. that could affect not just how much we produce in the united states but where, gas producing activity sit
>> you have the environmental quality of texas, the epa which is also looking into it, osha of course hadn't been there in over 20 years as we've reported on this program. you also have the texas state chemist who is the most recent inspector and those records are held at texas a&m. the dallas morning news is trying to get the records and texas a&m is fighting them saying it is a national security threat because of the fertilizer stored there. i do wonder if rick perry, if there...
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or osha puts forward a rule or regulation that is determined will have $100 million or more on economic impact on our multitrillion-dollar economy, that rule or regulation has to go before congress for an up or down d vote -- up or down vote. what effect would this have? this would slow down the regulatory process which is good. washington needs to deliberate before it acts. we can still regulate. but we need to deliberate before we act. but perhapses most importantly, in the -- perhaps most importantly in the end, this would allow our constituents to blame us for these painful and costly regulations rather than unelected, unaccountable bureaucrats. we want to be accountable. mrs. roby: absolutely. wag wag it puts the job back in the people's -- mrs. wagner: it puts the job back in the people's house. this isn't governance by fiat. we were sent here to pass the commonsense legislation and to get the government off the backs and out of the way of hardworking americans across this country. and truthfully, the overregulation, the overburden on business and industry is passed along to every
or osha puts forward a rule or regulation that is determined will have $100 million or more on economic impact on our multitrillion-dollar economy, that rule or regulation has to go before congress for an up or down d vote -- up or down vote. what effect would this have? this would slow down the regulatory process which is good. washington needs to deliberate before it acts. we can still regulate. but we need to deliberate before we act. but perhapses most importantly, in the -- perhaps most...
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osha hadn't been there in years. >> you identified the day that this happened, and it's been subsequently reported that they were fined by the e.p.a. for having inadequate transportation plan and they paid a little more than half the 10 grand fined. that was in 2011. they had gone without an inspection for a long time before that. there's a whole bunch of accidents that have a large body count associated with them, but those are prohibited by regulations. they need to be enforced. they are already on the books. cenk: i'll take it. you are saying we need to enforce the regulations. i'll take it. you look at how exclosive this is. >> the danger is disproportionate, so if they did enforce it what happens? they write a check. that's what's happening. a lot of regulations essentially government agencies are looking the other way. we see this across the board in agriculture. this is a very dramatic and horrible example of what happens over time. cenk: that's really interesting. leslie, there was a fascinating piece in the washington post today saying look, when it's terrorism, we reward the ter
osha hadn't been there in years. >> you identified the day that this happened, and it's been subsequently reported that they were fined by the e.p.a. for having inadequate transportation plan and they paid a little more than half the 10 grand fined. that was in 2011. they had gone without an inspection for a long time before that. there's a whole bunch of accidents that have a large body count associated with them, but those are prohibited by regulations. they need to be enforced. they...
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facing very little regulatory scrutiny from any of the agencies involved the osha occupational safety and health administration the last time they inspected the plant was in one nine hundred eighty five. other regulatory agencies barely looked at it and that's largely because they have so little funding i'm so few resources to to really do diligence that's required for these very dangerous types of plants i mean you say wasn't it you said that osha which i mean this is obviously not just an environmental hazard or a hazard for the people who live abroad the plane it's a hazard for the people who work there which is why the occupational safety and health administration should be looking into this stuff and you say that they haven't looked into it since nineteen eighty five. i was i think one in one thousand nine hundred five i mean the world has changed so much it in plants that are dealing with the deteriorated air malfunctions must occur in those intervening twenty seven twenty years i mean there are these flaws within osha itself or is it is it just the austerity going on in washing
facing very little regulatory scrutiny from any of the agencies involved the osha occupational safety and health administration the last time they inspected the plant was in one nine hundred eighty five. other regulatory agencies barely looked at it and that's largely because they have so little funding i'm so few resources to to really do diligence that's required for these very dangerous types of plants i mean you say wasn't it you said that osha which i mean this is obviously not just an...
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overtime pay, many of the osha safety standards, and even workers compensation in some states. farm work exclusion from these basic federal laws in the 1930s is one of the sadder chapters of our history. with any new immigration policy, first and foremost we seek an end to the status quo of poverty and abuse. we should not continue to treat farmers and -- farmworkers as second class workers. we also know any new immigration policy must consider the future of the work force upon which american agriculture depends. i want to thank this committee very much for the opportunity to be here today and certainly answer any questions the committee might have in regard to this. thank you very much. >> thank you very minute, mr. rodriguez. our next witness, charles conner, served as the president's ceo of the national council farmer cooperatives in 2009. serve as deputy secretary and acting secretary for the u.s. department of agriculture and in the bush administration from 2005 to 2009. i might say on a personal note, during the time i was charm of the senate agricultural committee and ra
overtime pay, many of the osha safety standards, and even workers compensation in some states. farm work exclusion from these basic federal laws in the 1930s is one of the sadder chapters of our history. with any new immigration policy, first and foremost we seek an end to the status quo of poverty and abuse. we should not continue to treat farmers and -- farmworkers as second class workers. we also know any new immigration policy must consider the future of the work force upon which american...
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and osha is so under staffed it can't possibly do the work. as for regulation, across the board we need increasing regulation. it protects business too. it is not good for businesses, and certainly not good for the west fertilizer company right now in west texas to have undergone what it has gone through. i think that conservative and liberal lines break down at times like this. all of west, texas conservative right through to perhaps a few progressives there are horrified by what happened. and there is no question that serious concern for human beings, for workers regulation is the answer. >> john: amy goodman is the host and executive producer of "democracy now," the greatest radio show. >> and tv. >> john: and tv. i'm sorry it's been such a sad occasion. you're going to stick around for the next block? great. we'll talk about the boston marathon bombing. both sides of the gun debate say this proves their point. at least one side has got to be wrong. we'll talk about that next. very, very excited about that and very proud of that. >>beltway
and osha is so under staffed it can't possibly do the work. as for regulation, across the board we need increasing regulation. it protects business too. it is not good for businesses, and certainly not good for the west fertilizer company right now in west texas to have undergone what it has gone through. i think that conservative and liberal lines break down at times like this. all of west, texas conservative right through to perhaps a few progressives there are horrified by what happened. and...
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government needs to better crackdown on facilities like osha inting stats about particular, with a ratio of employees dropping genetically. is the white house said -- the white house satisfied that a sufficient number of people are doing this? >> as many of you noted friday night after 10:00 p.m. when the president came to the briefing room to discuss the apprehension of the boston marathon bombing suspect, he made also the point that our thoughts and prayers are with the people of west texas where so many good people lost their lives, so many lost their homes and many are injured and still missing. the president has spoken with governor rick perry and the mayor of west texas. the president has directed his administration to make sure the people have what they need to rebuild. the president approved an emergency declaration that includes public assistance. on the issue that you raised, this is currently an active investigation. the cause is still unknown. it is too early to point to specific violations of any head of the national response team of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms
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they're highly unlikely to complain to osha. much of the competition is concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as new york, los angeles, chicago, but also enroll areas and the southeast states such as georgia, north carolina, -- in rural areas such as the southeast states such as georgia, north carolina. when the commission conducted its investigation originally, the unemployment rate for blacks without a high school diploma was 12%. ,oday it has more than doubled 24.6%. that clearly shows that we have an oversupply of low skilled labor relative to demand and that bodes ill for all workers in such class, particularly black americans. research shows that 40% of the 18 point percentage decline in employment rates of black males is attributable to illegal immigration. that is hundreds of thousands of blacks without jobs, which translates to hundreds of thousands who can't pay taxes and don't support their families on their own dime. in addition to depressing employment levels, illegal immigration drove down wage levels. stud
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state osha has and the federal osha there are only twenty two thousand twenty two hundred and twenty inspectors for workplace safety in the entire country that means that each workplace could be inspected by federal inspectors or know by everyone on an average of once every one hundred twenty nine years in texas it would actually work out to once every six. seven years which is a lot better than once every hundred twenty nine but it's still not very good is drastically under-funded osha is an agency that only started the one nine hundred seventy s. that has never gotten very much attention not never gotten very much love from congress or from administrations one of its sibling its nine hundred seventy seven the e.p.a. has a considerably greater budget more somewhat more inspectors and actually one of the comparisons that's often made is has a much greater finding and criminal ability it's actually a bigger deal if you kill certain hundred species or if you do certain environmental violations then if you kill a worker it's amazing what you just outlined according to the u.s. departmen
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osha -- are to talk about it, and industrial investigation, industrial safety, tried very hard to do some homework, and they had their reasons. and on the web. and they are able to fight the fire if they had taken a recommendation so fee-for-service, protested that. effect will report which many people think this is factual was done by a large group, to induce lessons learned, and talks about it was hard to do an investigation and report on it accurately in the short period of time. the other thing, what i leave you with, investigators, and the automobile accident. and what happened and interview them and they will come of with two different stories that not even resemble, each one of us at a different position, different time has a piece of the puzzle. and did different things. ask them to do different tasks doing those things. and everything we looked at, and everything -- in the interview, we pull the little bit of a different story. they are all there, different story. some of those things, we dug 3 it is disagree. as part of the reason all these investigations say a little bit d
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>> we know one thing right now that cal osha wants nearly $1 million in fines. that will probably be a drop in the bucket based on the civil liability given some 10,000 or so folks who live near and around the refinery are going to be seeking compensation. >> before we move on, chevron has been very active in terms of being out in the community in richmond since this happened. they have been trying to be public and save face and donating to local organizations and getting involved in charities. how is that public relations battle going on with the residents of richmond and those neighborhoods and the area that is dealing with the refineries for a long time and chevron? >> chevron's wide scale public relations campaign before and after -- the people in richmond knows that chevron is the place that people hated. they tried to soften that. to which effect it is unclear. we hear about people who are unhappy. >> they devalued the people of that neighborhood? we know about environmental racism. are we seeing that at play? >> the consensus is chevron was there first. p
>> we know one thing right now that cal osha wants nearly $1 million in fines. that will probably be a drop in the bucket based on the civil liability given some 10,000 or so folks who live near and around the refinery are going to be seeking compensation. >> before we move on, chevron has been very active in terms of being out in the community in richmond since this happened. they have been trying to be public and save face and donating to local organizations and getting involved...
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>> we know one thing right now that cal osha wants nearly $1 million in fines. that will probably be a drop in the bucket based on the civil li near and some 10,000 or around the refinery are going to be seeking compensation. >> before we move on, chevron has been very active in terms of being out in the community in richmond since this happened. e face and een trying tbeicnd s natitionsand ttinties btle gog with theesents of ric neighborhoods and the area that is dealing with theefineries for a long time and chevron? >> chevron's wide scale public insefore and after -- the ople in rhmd kn chevron the place that people hated. they tried to soften that. to which effect it is unclear. we hear about people who are unhappy. >> they devalued the people ut environmen ood?ow a racism. wseng at play? >> the consensus is chevron was there first. people moved there. nobody thinks moving there should cost them their he other into operty values. they do provide a lot of money to the city of richmond. they look at it fr different perspectives. >> this is the draft interim or
>> we know one thing right now that cal osha wants nearly $1 million in fines. that will probably be a drop in the bucket based on the civil li near and some 10,000 or around the refinery are going to be seeking compensation. >> before we move on, chevron has been very active in terms of being out in the community in richmond since this happened. e face and een trying tbeicnd s natitionsand ttinties btle gog with theesents of ric neighborhoods and the area that is dealing with...
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state osha's and the federal osha there are only twenty two thousand twenty two hundred and twenty inspectors for workplace safety in the entire country that means that each workplace could be inspected by federal inspectors or know by everyone on an average of once every one hundred twenty nine years in texas it would actually work out to once every sick. seven years which is a lot better than once every hundred twenty nine but it's still not very good is drastically under-funded osha is an agency that only started the one nine hundred seventy s. that has never gotten very much attention not never gotten very much love from congress or from administrations one of its sibling its nine hundred seventy sibling the e.p.a. has a considerably greater budget more somewhat more inspectors and actually one of the comparisons that's often made is has a much greater finding and criminal ability it's actually a bigger deal if you kill certainty in your species or if you do certain environmental violations then if you kill a worker it's amazing what you just outlined according to the u.s. department of l
state osha's and the federal osha there are only twenty two thousand twenty two hundred and twenty inspectors for workplace safety in the entire country that means that each workplace could be inspected by federal inspectors or know by everyone on an average of once every one hundred twenty nine years in texas it would actually work out to once every sick. seven years which is a lot better than once every hundred twenty nine but it's still not very good is drastically under-funded osha is an...
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tendered to illegal immigrants, and highly unlikely to complain to the division of labor, the eeoc, or osha. much of the competition is concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as new york, los angeles, chicago, but also, in rural areas now, and in southeast states such as georgia, north carolina, virginia. the impact of illegal immigration on low skilled workers is significant in our stagnant economy. the unemployment rate for blacks without a high school diploma was 12 percent, today, it's more than dole now, that clearly shows that we have an oversupply of low skilled labor relative to that is hundreds of thousands to -- of black ups that cannot support families on their own dime. the evidence indicated in addition to the pressing employment levels, illegal immigration drove down wage levels. studies by the federal reserve bank of a plant that showed illegal immigration and the spike was attributable to the nearly $960 per year to decrease in the wage levels of documented georgians. in the leisure and hospitality industry, it was $1,520. for doctors and lawyers, it m be a lot, but a
tendered to illegal immigrants, and highly unlikely to complain to the division of labor, the eeoc, or osha. much of the competition is concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as new york, los angeles, chicago, but also, in rural areas now, and in southeast states such as georgia, north carolina, virginia. the impact of illegal immigration on low skilled workers is significant in our stagnant economy. the unemployment rate for blacks without a high school diploma was 12 percent, today,...
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. >> i will take, if the american people are watching this and they know their tax osha going to the justice department who can't send someone up, when i look at the ig investigation, the activity that took place with peres and some of his activities, and you can't send someone up, we will send someone down tck them .u we wi try toappear. >> wl yield speak th will not yield on this unable to you because i found that this lady lives in my congressional district and they deserve this but if you can't go by the end of may, it is a real disgrace for this country. i will now yield. >> i think -- i thank the gentleman fight you. the attorney general has said he will look into this, ma and he will get back expeditiously. it will take time for him to get information to get an answer that you could come in next week and say, i haven't had time to get information you need. we have to coordinate with dod. they would be little point and occupy the attorney general in the midst come in the wake of what's going on in boston and everything else right now, and having him come back on and in the air
. >> i will take, if the american people are watching this and they know their tax osha going to the justice department who can't send someone up, when i look at the ig investigation, the activity that took place with peres and some of his activities, and you can't send someone up, we will send someone down tck them .u we wi try toappear. >> wl yield speak th will not yield on this unable to you because i found that this lady lives in my congressional district and they deserve this...
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benefits tendered to illegal immigrants, and highly unlikely to complain to the division of labor, the or osha. much of the competition is concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as new york, los angeles, chicago, but also, in rural areas now, and in southeast states such as georgia, north carolina, virginia. the impact of illegal immigration on low skilled workers is significant in our stagnant economy. the unemployment rate for blacks without a high school diploma was 12 percent, today, it's more than doubled, to 24.6%. now, that clearly shows that we have an oversupply of low skilled labor relative to the -- that is for workers in all such classes, particularly black americans, because research shows that 40 percent of the 18-point percentage decline in the employment rates of black males is attributable to illegal immigration. that's hundreds of thousands of blacks without jobs. it translates to hundreds of thousands who can't pay taxes, who don't support their families on their own dime. the evidence also indicated that in addition to the pressing wage -- sorry, employment levels, i
benefits tendered to illegal immigrants, and highly unlikely to complain to the division of labor, the or osha. much of the competition is concentrated in major metropolitan areas such as new york, los angeles, chicago, but also, in rural areas now, and in southeast states such as georgia, north carolina, virginia. the impact of illegal immigration on low skilled workers is significant in our stagnant economy. the unemployment rate for blacks without a high school diploma was 12 percent, today,...
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former osha policy analyst, thank you. that is all in for this evening. the "rachel maddow" show starts right now. >> chris, thank you for that report on that, i've been following mike elk forever. i'm glad you had him on. we're going to have much more on what happened in west, texas. >> i'm going to go watch. >> thanks for staying with us for the next hour. >>> this is a remote controlled car. most remote controlled cars like most everyday electronics we use, they run on conventional batteries. so plug an aaa battery into the handset, another into the car itself and you're off and running doing monster truck stuff at micro size. if you happen to get a $30 remote controlled car in your christmas stocking like i did this year, a couple aaa or aa batteries does the trick. but if you're really into remote-controlled cars. if you're a remote control vehicle hobbyist, that might not be enough. you might use a battery that looks like this. it is made specifically for things like remote controlled toys and it's marketed to have a, quote, very long cycle life and
former osha policy analyst, thank you. that is all in for this evening. the "rachel maddow" show starts right now. >> chris, thank you for that report on that, i've been following mike elk forever. i'm glad you had him on. we're going to have much more on what happened in west, texas. >> i'm going to go watch. >> thanks for staying with us for the next hour. >>> this is a remote controlled car. most remote controlled cars like most everyday electronics we...
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you know, if every osha -- there's not enough osha inspectors to inspect every workplace in the country. there's so few in the state of texas, it would take 98 years for osha to visit every workplace in the state of texas once. it didn't surprise me there wasn't an inspection. typically, there's only inspections at osha when a worker calls up and complains and that typically only happens in a union workplace. >> so it's prompted by a complaint and then someone comes out. it's not like there's people canvassing and knocking on doors of hazardous work sites? >> occasionally, but not that often. >> celeste, what is the standard for, you would think a fertilizer -- there's about 20 employees as far as we know in the west fertilizer warehouse where this happened. what is the standard for what would prompt a kind of heightened level of scrutiny from osha or from any kind of federal regulatory body looking into this? >> you're absolutely right. the materials that we believe were on that site are extremely caustic and can cause catastrophic damage to both the plant and the community. osha does
you know, if every osha -- there's not enough osha inspectors to inspect every workplace in the country. there's so few in the state of texas, it would take 98 years for osha to visit every workplace in the state of texas once. it didn't surprise me there wasn't an inspection. typically, there's only inspections at osha when a worker calls up and complains and that typically only happens in a union workplace. >> so it's prompted by a complaint and then someone comes out. it's not like...
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think progress reports, osha is chronically understaffed, which means that a given plant like west fertilizer can only expect to get a state inspection once every 67 years, on average. the "dallas morning news" reports that in 2011, the fertilizer facility told the environmental protection agency and local officials that it presented no risk of fire or explosion, the worst possible scenario, the report said, would be a ten-minute release of ammonia gas that would kill or injure no one. president obama called texas governor rick peri from air force one on his way to boston this morning and released this statement. today our prayers go out to the people of west, texas in the aftermath of last night's deadly explosion at a fertilizer plant, a tight knit community has been shaken, and good, hard-working people have lost their lives. governor perry has declared the area a disaster zone. >> west is a -- is a really small community. and just a few thousand people. anyone who grew up like your dad did, doc, and a small town like west, they know that this tragedy has most likely hit every family. it's
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the bill authorizing prosecutions for employ qlorz knowingly violate the regs and it would require osha to investigate all cases of death and serious injuries. miller said today the texas explosion is just the latest reminder communities have a great deal at stake. >> communities all over the country and bay area. thank you very much. >> we want to take you back new to west texas. abc 7 news has been there seeing what is go owe going on. how is the community reacting to this devastation?>> they're resilient here, we've got into town this morning and folks are lining up to get some supplies and we ran into a father and son. the fa himse was very clto the explosion. he helped evacuate thatold folks hometerday. and now, he is ck today with his son tried to help out others in this community. his house is okay. we're about a half mile from the plant. that is the plant this is about as close as you can get at this point. federal, state, local emergency investigators and workers have been at the plant all day long, they're calming through the material, many wearing white suits trying to figure
the bill authorizing prosecutions for employ qlorz knowingly violate the regs and it would require osha to investigate all cases of death and serious injuries. miller said today the texas explosion is just the latest reminder communities have a great deal at stake. >> communities all over the country and bay area. thank you very much. >> we want to take you back new to west texas. abc 7 news has been there seeing what is go owe going on. how is the community reacting to this...
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mike of "in these times" and celeste, former osha analyst. that's all for "all in." rachel maddow now. >> thank you for following up on that. we will have much more on what a's happening in west texas. >> i will go watch. >> thank you for staying with us the next hour. this is a remote controlled car. most remote controlled cars like most everyday electronics that we use, they run on conventional batteries. plug an aaa battery into the hand-set, plug another aaa batteries into the car itself, you're up and running doing remote controlled stuff micro-sized. if you happen to get one like i did this year, a couple aaa batteries pretty much does the trick. if you're really into remote controlled cars, if you're a remote controlled vehicle hobbyist, that might not be enough. you might instead use a battery that looks like this, a c sized nickel battery made specifically for things like remote controlled toys and marketed to have a very long cycle life and rapid battery charge-up. this particular battery is a rechargeable battery that can last more than a week when it is f
mike of "in these times" and celeste, former osha analyst. that's all for "all in." rachel maddow now. >> thank you for following up on that. we will have much more on what a's happening in west texas. >> i will go watch. >> thank you for staying with us the next hour. this is a remote controlled car. most remote controlled cars like most everyday electronics that we use, they run on conventional batteries. plug an aaa battery into the hand-set, plug...
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how does osha think about risk in the workplace? you know, a mine versus -- call center versus a fertilizer factory? >> you know -- celeste probably is better. >> go ahead, celeste. >> what i wanted to say was, when you have an agency that has such a huge mission, 9 million workplaces and so few inspectors, it's a real challenge to figure out where it's best sending those inspectors to spend their time. osha does have a number of emphasis programs particularly for those facilities that have highly hazardous chemicals. even that, they're only going to get to a few dozen of those plants. and so, chris, your question is, is an appropriate one but difficult to think about risk when you have such limited resources to get to. >> thinking in this comprehensive way about risk you would want to prevent something like this. mike, you've been reporting about this a lot. is this something that has gotten better or worse in the last five years? has it more-or-less stayed the same? >> well, you know, if you look over the long run, you look how di
how does osha think about risk in the workplace? you know, a mine versus -- call center versus a fertilizer factory? >> you know -- celeste probably is better. >> go ahead, celeste. >> what i wanted to say was, when you have an agency that has such a huge mission, 9 million workplaces and so few inspectors, it's a real challenge to figure out where it's best sending those inspectors to spend their time. osha does have a number of emphasis programs particularly for those...
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corporations through their control of the politicians and through their campaign contributions so for example osha doesn't do any inspections because they don't have any money they don't even have a director because the republicans don't allow them to get one and this same with the e.p.a. they're stuck in there preventing the naming of a new director for the e.p.a. which also cited the plant so you simply don't get any regulations and at the local level where you know the state or local level where these permits would be issued as to whether a plant could even be built in a inside of a town they control over the regularities even worse so we centrally have a free for all in the united states for gain juris factories and producers of these kinds of explosive chemicals they can build them anywhere they want and you know right next to a hospital a nursing home a school what have you and there's no control at all this election is not the first time an incident like this happened in texas we've seen the ones almost similar to this a decades ago what is the lesson here for the authorities have they not
corporations through their control of the politicians and through their campaign contributions so for example osha doesn't do any inspections because they don't have any money they don't even have a director because the republicans don't allow them to get one and this same with the e.p.a. they're stuck in there preventing the naming of a new director for the e.p.a. which also cited the plant so you simply don't get any regulations and at the local level where you know the state or local level...
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by the way, the osha guide for dealing with ammonium fires warrants that containers of ammonia could explode and the heat and fire and firefighters should cool the containers from the sides with water. a lot of talk about whether firefighters did the right thing. we simply don't know. >> let me interrupt for a second. i'm looking at a report from the dallasnews.com, from the "dallas morning news" and talks about the fact there were 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on site here, that's according to a filing with the company. and it says emergency responders should not mix water used for firefighting directly with anhydrous ammonia as this will result in warming the product causing the liquid to turn into a vapor cloud. should they use water or not use water? >> and i will tell you that the veteran fire commanders i've talked to this morning can only speak about ammonium nitrate as it relates to anhydrous ammonia, that's not particularly clear this morning. we are told this is a volunteer fire department that responded to this call. they in many cases can be just as well trained as p
by the way, the osha guide for dealing with ammonium fires warrants that containers of ammonia could explode and the heat and fire and firefighters should cool the containers from the sides with water. a lot of talk about whether firefighters did the right thing. we simply don't know. >> let me interrupt for a second. i'm looking at a report from the dallasnews.com, from the "dallas morning news" and talks about the fact there were 54,000 pounds of anhydrous ammonia on site...